Improvement in awl-handles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PHENIX, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN AWL-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,463, dated May 29,1877 application filed December 30, 1876.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PHENIX, ofNew Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Brad-Awl Handles; and 1 dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the .same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a central longitudinalsection of this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the gagedetached. Fig. 3 is a side view of the cap detached.

This invention has relation to handles for brad-awls and other smallinstruments and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofthe cap adapted to be pinned to the handle, the screw-thimble, and thegage at tachment, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the handle, whichis made hollow, and provided with a hinged cover, B, which is heldclosed by means of a spring-catch. At the tool end the handle istransversely perforated at a, and below this a shoulder, I), is formed.

0 represents the cap, consisting of the rim portion 0, which fits uponthe end of the handle, against the shoulder 11, and the bit d, whichextends upward, and is threaded upon its exterior surface.

The rim 0 of the cap is provided with perforations a, through which andthrough the perforations of the handle the fastening-pin e is passed,its end projecting somewhat beyond the side of the cap, as shown in thedrawings. D indicates the screw-thimble, having a central aperture inits top, through which the awlblade is passed after its tang has beenseated in the bit of the cap. The thimble is then screwed down on thebit end of the cap, and the instrument thereby held securely in place.

E represents the gage. This consists of a perforated head,f, and twobranches, g, which pass one on each side of the handle, when the bladeis put through the aperture of the head. In one of the branches a seriesof perforations, n, are formed, and when the head of the gage isadjusted to the proper position on the blade, it is fixed in place bythe engagement of the projecting end of the fastening-pin with one ofsaid perforations n. This gage is made of sheet metal having someelasticity, and it can therefore be readily adjusted according torequirement.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the awl-handle A and screw-thimble D, of thecap 0, having the rim 0 and screw-bit d, and the pin e, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination, with the awl-cap 0, pin 6, and handle A, of thebranched gage E, having the series of perforations n, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. PHENIX.

Witnesses:

. GEO. O. SHELMERDINE, ALLEN H. GANGEWER.

